Device for registering shaves



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A. GOLDAMMER.

DEVICE FOR REGISTERING SHAVES, HAIR CUTS, SHA-MPOOS, 6:0. No. 585,618.Patented Mar. 12, 1895.

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A. GOLDAMMER. DEVICE FOR REGISTERING SHAVES, HAIR CUTS, SHAMPOOS, &c.No. 535,618.

Patented Mar. 12, 1895.

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A. GOLDAMMER. DEVICE FOR REGISTERING SHAVES, HAIR CUTS, SHAMPOOS, &c.No. 535,618.

Patented Mar. 12, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON GOLDAMMER, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR REGISTERING SHAVES, HAIR-CUTS, SHAMPOOS, 84G.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,618, dated March12, 1895.

Application filed September 10, 1894. Serial No. 22,5 '7- (N0 modeL) ToaZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTON GoLDAMMER, of the city of East St. Louis, St.Clair county, State of Illinois, have invented certain new andusefulImprovements in Machines for Automatically Registering Shaves,Hair-Outs, Shampoos, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a device adapted to be located upon a barberschair for the registering of shaves, hair-cuts, shampoos, &c.

The object of my invention is to construct a device that is simple,inexpensive and easily operated; that will automatically register eachshave and also register each hair-cut and shampoo given so that at anytime during the day, or at the close of the days business, theproprietor or operator may see at a glance the exact number of shaves,hair-cuts, and shampoos that have been given.

A further object of my invention is to construct a device that whenevery hair-cut or shampoois given and the proper key pressed in and theregister made, a bell will be sounded.

My invention consists in certain new and novel features of construction,combination, and arrangement of parts, hereinafter specitied andclaimed.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a barberschair, the same having my device attached thereto as required forpractical use. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the device andshowing the main levers and operating mechanism located upon theinterior of the casing. Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the operatingmechanism, the casing in this View being removed to allow the variousmechanism to be more clearly shown. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional viewtaken approximately on the indicated line :h 4: of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is aview in perspective of the mechanism upon the rear side of the rearplate of the device. Fig. 6 is a View showing a device for throwing aportion of the mechanism out of engagement with the pair ofratchet-wheels so that the bell will not be sounded. Fig. 7 is a view inperspective of the lower end of one of the operating pawls. Fig. 8 is afront view of the same. Fig. 9 is a view in perspective showing one ofthe keys or levers and the pawl thereof in engagement upon one of theratchet-wheels. Fig. 10 is an elevation showing the arrangement of thedials.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates anordinary barbers chair, the same having mounted upon one side thereof arectangular casing 2 which has hinged upon its front side a door 3 thatis provided with a rectangular plate of glass, or other transparentmaterial, 4. This door 3 is adapted to be locked to the casing 2 bymeans of a padlock, or with an ordinary lock and key. In Fig. 1 saiddoor is shown locked to the casing with a padlock.

A frame work comprising parallel plates 5 and 6 are positioned withinthe casing 2, said parallel plates being securely held together by meansof pins 7, 8, 9, and 10. The rear plate 6 is secured directly to therear plateof the casing 2 by means of screws 1], or in any suitablemanner.

Immediately in front of the front plate 5 is a partition 12, upon theface of which are stamped or printed three dials, the largest one ofwhich is in reality two dials there being one within the other, theouter one 13 of the dials being divided into twenty equal spaces ordivisions and the inner dial 14 into twentyfive equal spaces ordivisions. The two smaller dials 15 and 16 are divided into twenty equalspaces or divisions.

Passing through the parallel plates 5 and 6 at a point to one side of.and below the centers thereof is a shaft 17, the same extending forwarda slight distance beyond the front plate 5, and has its outer endsquared as indicated by 18 to receive a hand or pointer in order that akey may be mounted thereon to turn said shaft 17 at certain-times.

A sleeve 19 is mounted upon the shaft 17 and extends from a point insidethe front plate 5 to a point adjacent the squared end 18. Mounted uponthe shaft 17 adjacent the rear plate 6 is a large ratchet-wheel 20, saidratchet-wheel being provided on its inner face with a lug 21.

Mounted upon the pin 10 is a spring-actuated detent pawl 22, the pointof which is adapted to engage between the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 20.

Pivoted upon the pin 7, which is nearly in a direct vertical line abovethe shaft 17,is an arm 23 that extends vertically upwardthrough a slot24 formed in the top of the casing 2, said arm being provided on itsupper end with an aperture 25. The lower end of this arm 23 isbifurcated and a pawl 26 is mounted in said bifurcated lower end and ispivoted upon a pin 27 that passes through said bifurcated lower end. Apin 28 mounted in the side of the pawl 26 passes outwardly through aslot 29 formed in one of the sides of the lower end of the arm 33. Aspring 30 passing around the pins 7, 27, and 28 serves to retain thepoint of the pawl 26 between the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 20.

Secured to the upper end of the arm 23 by means of a screw or boltpassing through the aperture 25 therein is the rear end of a link 31that extends horizontally toward the forward part of the chair 1, and ispivoted at its forward end to a portion of the arm of the chair.

Mounted upon the sleeve 19 and adjacent the inner side of' the frontplate 5 is a gearwheel or pinion 32. A hand or pointer 33 mountedrigidly upon the sleeve 19 outside the plate 5 and the partition 12extends to and indicates upon the inner dial 14 and a hand or pointer 34upon the squared end 18 of the shaft 17 extends to and indicates uponthe outer dial 13.

Mounted upon the shaft 35, the ends of which bear in the front and rearplates 5 and 6 (said shaft being at a point directly below the centersof the plates 5 and 6) is a gear-wheel or pinion 36 that meshes with thepinion Mounted upon the shaft and adjacent the rear plate 6 is aspur-wheel 37, between the teeth of which is adapted to engage the lug21. A'shaft 38 is mounted in the rear plate 6, extends through the frontplate 5, and is there provided with a squared end 39 in order that a keymay be mounted thereon. At a central point between the plates 5 and 6and rigidly mounted upon this shaft 38 is a ratchet-wheel 40, the samebeing provided on its face with a lug 41. A lever 42 has its rear endbifurcated and mounted on the shaft 38 and is located on each side ofthe ratchetwheel 40. Said lever extends outward through a slot 43 in theside of the casing 2, and is there provided with a finger plate 44. Aspring 45, one end of which is secured to the shaft 38, passes along theside of the lever 42 and has its other end engaged by a pin 45, thusforming means for normally holding the lever 42 in its proper position.An actuating hooked pawl 46, the point 47 of which engages between theteeth of the ratchet-wheel 40, is pivoted upon the pin 45, and is heldin position by means of a spring 48. A lug 49 is positioned upon theinner side of one of the bifurcated ends of the lever and lies directlyWithin the path of travel of the lug 41 on the ratchet-wheel 40. The lug49 performs the function ofa stop, as the lug41 engages against said lug49 when the ratchet-wheel 40 has made one rotation.

Mounted upon the squared end 39 of the shaft 38 and outside thepartition 12 is a hand or pointer that indicates upon the upper dial 15.Directly beneath the shaft 38 is a shaft 50, the rear end of which bearsin the rear plate 6. This shaft extends forward through the front plate5 and is there provided with a squared end 51 to allow a key to bemounted thereon in order to turn said shaft at certain times. Rigidlymounted upon this shaft 50 is a ratchet-wheel 52 in every way similar tothe ratchet-wheel 40, said ratchet-wheel 52 being provided with alug 53.A lever 54 has its rear end bifurcated and located on each side of theratchet-wheel 52. A spring-actuated pawl 55 is mounted upon a pin 56passing through the bifurcated rear end of the lever 54, the point ofsaid pawl engaging between the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 52. Theforward end of the lever 54 passes outward through the slot 43 and isthere provided with a finger plate 57. Upon the inner side of one of thebifurcated ends of the lever 54 is a lug 58 that lies directly in thepath of travel of the lug 53.

Where the shafts 38 and 50 pass through the rear plate 6 they engageagainst the upper and lower ends respectively of the springplate 59which is riveted at its center to the rear side of the plate 6.

Mounted in right angled bearings 60 that are secured to the rear side ofthe plate 6 is a vertical shaft 61, the same having secured thereto oneend of a leaf-spring 62, the other end of said spring bearing againstthe rear side of plate 6. Secured also to this vertical shaft 61 is anarm 63, on the outer end of which is a bell striker 64. A hell or gong65 is located on the rear side of the plate 6 and adjacent the arm 63and bell striker 64. Passing through the shaft 61 and through slots 66formed in the rear plate 6 are pins 67, the forward ends of which engagebetween the teeth of the ratchet-wheels 40 and 52. On the front side ofthe plate 6 and pivoted adjacent the lower one of the slots 66 in orderto engage the lower pin 67 is an eccentric 67, the same being providedwith an arm 68 and a horizontal arm 69 that extends through a slot 70 inthe front plate and through a slot 71 in the partition 12.

The operation of my improved device is as follows: We will assume that acustomer desires a shave. He seats himself in the chair and said chairis tipped back in the usual manner. \Vith this tipping back movement thearm of the chair to which the arm 31 is connected moves rearwardly aslight distance. Consequently said arm 31 is moved with it. Thisnecessarily throws the top of the arm 23 rearwardly which will cause thepawl 26 to engage between two of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 20 andmove said ratchet-wheel one notch, the wheel 20 and the hand or pointer34 being rigidly secured to the outer end of the shaft 17 and thepointer will necessarily be moved one space, thereby registering one thespring 45.

shave in the outer dial. When the customer has been shaved and the chairrepositioned, the link 31 and arm 23 will necessarily reassume theirnormal positions, the spring-actuated pawl 22 preventing theratchet-wheel 20 from being turned in a reverse direction by therepositioning of the pawl 26. There are preferably twenty teeth in theratchet wheel 20. Consequently, when said wheel has made one rotationand twenty shaves have been registered, the lug 21 upon saidratchet-wheel 20 will engage between the teeth of the spurwheel 37 andmove said spur-wheel which is rigidly mounted upon the shaft 35 onespace or notch. The pinion 36 being rigidly mounted upon the shaft 35will necessarily be turned one notch and the pinion 32 meshing with saidpinion 36 will also be turned one notch, which will turn the hand 33 onespace upon the dial 14 as said hand is rigidly mounted upon the sleeve19 that is upon the shaft 17 showing that twenty-five shaves have beengiven. Thus itwill be seen how each shave is registered. It will also beseen that a total of five hundred shaves may be registered before it isnecessary to begin a recount.

As the operation of the levers and mechanism that register the hair-cutsand shampoos are identically the same, the operation of but one will bedescribed. Ve will assume that the customer desires a hair-cut. When theoperator has finished his work he presses downwardly upon the plate 44of the lever 42. As the spring-actuated pawl 46 is carried by said lever42 and the point of said pawl engages between the teeth of theratchetwheel 40, said ratchet-wheel 40 will be turned one notch. As theoperator removes his hand from the plate 44 the lever 42 and plate 44will reposition themselves by the action of The hand or pointer that ismounted upon the end of the shaft 38 will necessarily be turned onedivision upon the upper dial 15, thus registering one hair-cut. As thereare but twenty notches in the ratchet-wheel 40, when said ratchet-wheelhas made one rotation and twenty hair-cuts registered the lug 41 willengage with the lug 49 on the inside face of the bifurcated end of thelever 42 and lock the wheel. The opera tor must now open the glass doorof the easing and position a key upon the outer end of the squaredportion 39 of the shaft 38, pushing said shaft a slight distancerearwardly and at the same time sufliciently turn the key and shaft toreturn the pointer to Zero. The shaft 38 is allowed to pass rearward] y,by reason of the resiliency of the spring-plate 59 against which itbears after passing through the rear plate 6. The lug 41 having thusbeen released from the lug 49, the lever 42 and ratchet-wheel are freeto turn so as to count anew. The'pins 67 extending from the verticalshaft 61 through the slots 66 and being engaged by the teeth of theratchet-wheels 40 and 52 are necessarily vibrated with each movement ofsaid ratchet-wheels. WVhen ever one of said wheels is moved a notch, thepins will be moved outwardly a slight distance which will necessarilyrotate the vertical staft (31 a slight distance and thereby slightlydepress the spring 62. As the tooth of the ratchet-wheel that engagedthe pin 67 leaves said pin, the resiliency of the spring 62 will causethe vertical shaft to slightly rotate in a reverse direction and thebell striker 64 to contact with the bell 65, thereby sounding the same.Thus it will be seen how the registering of the hair-cuts and shampoosare made and at the same time the bell sounded.

Then it is desired to dispense with the sounding of the bell, theoperator by means of the horizontal arm 69 of the eccentric-arm 68 movesthe same in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 6 to the position asindicated by dotted lines therein. This throws the pins 67to a positionwhere they will not be engaged by the teeth of the ratchet-wheels 40 and52.

Thus it will be seen how I have constructed a registering divice forbarbers chairs that possesses superior advantages in point ofsimplicity, durability and general efficiency.

hat I claim is 1. A device for automatically registering shaves,hair-cuts, shampoos, comprising a casing adapted to be located upon theside of a barbers chair, a pair of parallel plates mounted within saidcasing, a shaft passing through said plates, at ratchet-wheel mountedupon said shaft, an arm provided with a spring-actuated pawl adapted toengage with the teeth of said ratchet-wheel, a horizontal arm connectedto the arm of the chair and to the upper end of the arm that carries thespring-actuated pawl, a hand or pointer mounted upon the outer end ofthe shaft, a sleeve mounted upon said shaft, a pinion mounted upon saidsleeve and meshing with a second pinion, a pair of ratchet-wheelsmounted upon shafts passing through the parallel plates, levers carryingspring-actuated pawls, the points of which engage between the teeth ofsaid ratchet-wheels, and hands or pointers mounted upon the outer end ofthe shafts upon which the ratchet-wheels are mounted.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing, a pair of parallelplates mounted within said casing, a partition in said casing upon whichis stamped or printed a series of dials, shafts passing through theparallel plates and partition and having mounted upon the outside of thepartition hands or pointers adapted to indicate upon the dials,ratchet-wheels mounted upon the shafts between the parallel plates,operating levers carrying springactuated pawls adapted to engage withand move the ratchet-wheels one notch at a time, one of said leversbeing operated by the action of the chair, the other two adapted to bemanually operated.

In a device of the class described, a casing, a pair of parallel platesmounted within said IIO casing, a pair of shafts passing through saidcasing and having ratchet-wheels mounted upon them between the parallelplates, operating levers, the rear ends of which are bifurcated, mountedupon saidshafts on each side of the ratchet-wheels, spring-actuatedpawls carried by said levers and adapted to engage with the teeth of theratchet-Wheels, lugs formed integral with the faces of the ratchetWheels and lugs formed integral With the inner sides of the bifurcatedends of the operating levers.

4. In adevice of the class described, a casing, a pair of parallelplates arranged vertically Within said casing, the rear one of which isprovided with a pair of transverse slots, a

vertical shaft carryingabell striker mounted in bearings upon the rearside of the rear plate and adjacent the slots therein, pins formedintegral with said shaft and passing through said slots, an eccentricpivoted upon the rear plate adjacent one of the slots, an arm formedintegral with said eccentric, and. an arm formed integral with saidfirst mentioned arm, extending forward through a slot in the frontplate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON GOLDAMMER. lVitnesses:

MAUD GRIFFIN, JNo. O. HIGDON.

